Pregnancy

The long awaited post!!

Due: February 19,2014

Was this  baby a surprise?

Yes it was a complete surprise! We were shocked when we found out we were expecting a baby. We weren't even going to try for two or three more years, and that was our plan. But obviously someone else didn't care about our plan and decided to send down a little baby when we weren't expecting :) But we couldn't be more excited to start our family even though it wasn't expected at all!

Have you been sick?

Yes, very sick.. and was all the way till about 29 weeks and then I was just a little nauseous and would only throw up once a week. But now at 33 weeks it is back again! It is awful. I live off of Zofran and chicken noodle soup. The dr. was concerned for the first few months of the pregnancy because I was so sick I couldn't even keep water or soup or anything down at all and had lost a lot of weight, and didn't gain any weight until my 24 week appointment. But luckily it has gotten better to wear that I can eat. But being a dental assistant is NOT easy when pregnant. I haven't missed a day at work even though I am usually throwing up at least 3 times before work and when I get to work. And occasionally run out of a room to throw up some more. But looking at spit in the back of peoples mouths is rough. Haha :)

How did you find out??

We found out on June 24! After being almost 10 days late we didn't think much because I am almost always at least a week late.. And there was no chance we could be pregnant. NONE. But then that day at work while looking at the back of peoples mouths and suctioning spit. It was making me gag and dry heave all morning! Luckily one of the girls brought me  sprite and that saved me. After that happened I felt like we should at least just buy a pregnancy test just to confirm that I wasn't pregnant.  So I got home from work, took the test.. waited maybe ten seconds with it flipped down so I couldn't see. When I finally got the courage to look at it. It was Positive! I just started bawling and shaking... all I could think about is if it was real.. what would we do? where would the baby sleep since we lived in my parents basement, we both have insurance through our parents but our baby wouldn't have any insurance... so now we look into Medicaid and chip? What if we cant get either of those? What about work? All these questions running through my head and I still had to tell hunter. Definitely unexpected but at the same time I was so excited to start our little family. All I did was give hunter the pregnancy test and he said, "Are you serious?!?" he was SOO excited. Not exactly how I wanted to tell him but it is what it is :)


How we told our families

We had known we were pregnant just for a week or two when we told my parents on July 3. We would have waited longer to tell them but I thought I would have had to go to the dr. sooner than 12 weeks along so I would need their insurance card and they would want to know why. So we handed my dad his birthday gift and handed my mom a pregnancy test in an envelope and said we got her a gift too. My parents didn't believe us when we told them and neither did my siblings and we told them. Everyone knew it wasn't even in our plans to think about trying for a baby for at least 2 more years.

We waited a few more weeks before we told Hunter's parents on July 24th. We had something special planned for this one. We always wanted to tell everyone in a fun way so a couple days before the owlz baseball game and I had a thought that it would be so fun to have them announce that we were having a baby in February or have some announcement like that when they announce birthdays in the 7th inning. So I called hunter and told him to ask his parents if they wanted to go with us and my parents to the game and they said yes! We were so excited to tell them this way. AND we got the perfect reaction on video! But I can't figure out how to load it... but I guess this picture of hunter's mom will do...

Did you think it was a boy or girl?

We both thought it was a girl. Ever since we got married we just knew our first baby would be a girl! Any dream ive ever had about having a baby it has always been a girl! And we were right :)

 Ultrasound at 16 weeks!

 Ultrasound at 20 weeks! She is definitely not a shy little girl!

GENDER REVEAL

Everyone always asked when we would find out what we were having. We told everyone we didn't want to do the early ultrasound that they offer at 16 weeks because we didn't trust them... but little did they know that we really did go and do one on September 7 :) We got a bunch of blue and pink balloons and put a couple pink balloons in a box and then let them go in my parents house to tell them. they were so excited cause now they have one of each grandchild!

Hunters parents we had an idea to tie a blue and pink balloon  to a target and hunter would shoot one, and whatever Balloon was left was what we were having! They loved it and it was such a fun way to announce the gender!

Names??

We are naming her Braelin Nicole Chamberlain. I have always loved the name Braelin since my sophomore year in high school and when hunter and I met he loved it too. And The middle name Nicole after Hunters sister. 

20 weeks!!

24 weeks!!

28 weeks!

So at 28 weeks they had me do the glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. I was a little worried just because they said it is hereditary and my sister Kari had it very bad when she was pregnant. So I went in early in the morning, drank the nasty sugary drink and waited for the poke! It was really hard to wait and not throw up that drink. They only give you five minutes to drink it and I barely made it half way through the drink and almost threw it up. But luckily was able to keep it all down!

So I had my appointment a few days after the glucose test. They had my results back and I had low iron.. which I have most of the time so far. They gave me a list of foods to eat that can help increase the iron intake. They said when I'm low on iron, the baby is taking so much already and i'm not getting as much as I need. They also said that for the glucose they like you to be under 139 and I was right on 139. They said they weren't majorly concerned since my levels weren't high.. but they would have liked it under 139. My dr. said to just go easy on candy, ice cream and soda and I said I already haven't really eaten any of that since I've been pregnant and then he talked about how I was right on the border of having gestational diabetes being hereditary. Definitely not what I wanted to hear. But thankfully they didn't send me to do the test again and I don't need to see a diabetes dr. since my levels weren't high. They just said they would probably do an ultrasound once I get closer to check on her and make sure she is okay and isn't bigger. Since most babies that the moms have gestational diabetes are born bigger. But so far she is still very healthy and I haven't had any problems!

 We LOVE our car seat and stroller and got such a great deal on it too!! I can't wait till our sweet baby girl is in it! 

 And Hunter's mom made this cute car seat cover! I'm in love with it.

 

32 weeks!

 Christmas Eve at 32 Weeks :)

 16 weeks

 24 weeks!

 Our flexible girl at 28 weeks!

AND I finally gave in at 34 weeks to buying some maternity scrubs for work. I still think I could have made it the whole way in my scrubs, it was just getting hard to breath :)

WHAT I NOW KNOW AT 34 WEEKS!

-- Watching your weight on the scale go up every few weeks  is hard.. Although I do feel fortunate that i've only gained 15 pounds and only have 6 weeks to go! 

-- I can now say that I'm going to give birth next month! I think its finally starting to sink in.

--I'm really hoping she is born Valentines weekend sometime, that way on that monday (presidents day) Hunter won't have school :) But with my luck it will be a random day during the week. 

-- I have contractions a lot! And have the past few months. Nothing too painful yet though :)

-- Going to the bathroom a million times a day. Really. I couldn't even count how many times. 

-- Heart burn is the worst!! I feel like I could breath fire. Tums just make me throw up so I take zantac but only being able to take 2 a day doesn't cut it. 

-- Nausea. The worst part and throwing up, but hey I've learned I can multitask and drive while throwing up :)

--Charlie horses are the WORST. So painful. 

 

-- I have had zero cravings so far. 

-- No stretch marks.... yet! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

--My wedding ring still fits perfect! A lot of people have told me how lucky I am for that cause most of them had to stop wearing it at 5 months. 

-- This little girl is SO active! Every ultrasound we've had the dr. said how active she was or the ultrasound tech usually called her a mischief maker because she was so stubborn and we had to have a few extra ultrasounds so they could see her heart,lungs, stomach and all that stuff!

-- We got a free 4D ultrasound that some students did and practiced on me when I was 28 weeks. She has the BIGGEST lips! I mean, how could she not with me and hunter, but she is so cute. Although I've only showed a few family members and refuse to show anyone else because we showed a friend and they just said how creepy she was. That is not something you say to a pregnant woman. 

-- I'm still working and am planning  on it until the day I have the baby! AND I haven't missed a day of work yet. Not many pregnant women can say that ;)  It gets exhausting hunching over people all day long but I love it and it keeps me busy and keeps my mind off things. I'm excited to get six weeks off to spend with my baby girl till I have to send her off to a sitter :(